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You may be in the market for a new desktop computer or laptop. If so, Dell’s Refurbished Store has an excellent coupon code available to get you a discount for the next few days. Until the 31st of January you can take 40% off all used, refurbished or off-lease laptops, desktops, monitors and more.

This is a great opportunity to get a computer or laptop, especially if you are a student. Laptops can be so expensive, and have become quite essential for college and university courses. I tested this coupon code and it can be used on items that are already discounted too. Like the Dell Latitude E6420 Core i5 2.50with Windows 7 Pro and a 14″ screen. This laptop was priced at $539 and discounted down to $485. Once I applied the coupon code, the total price came right down to $291. To give you an idea of how great this price is, Staples Canada has the same laptop for $399.99 and NewEgg.ca has a refurbished Dell Latitude E6420 for $379.99.

Shipping fees may vary depending on your location. My shipping costs were not calculated until after I entered my postal code. As you can tell from the image above, my shipping fees were waived as well! All orders that exceed $199 will receive free shipping.

You may even want to check out some of the other desktops, laptops and monitors that have instant savings before applying the 40% discount. The Precision T5500 Xeon Quad Core 2.93 Towerwas $719 and is marked down to $647. Apply this DellRefurbished.ca coupon code and you will pay just $388.20 for a high quality computer tower with Windows 7 pro, 660GB HDD and 4GB of RAM. You may even need a monitor to go with this computer tower. If that is the case, the Dell Professional Series 20 inch Flat Panel Monitoris on sale for $90 from $120. Apply your 40% discount and pay just $54. 20 inches a great size monitor for anything really, from gaming to watching movies or blogging.

While I have heard that the Dell refurbished products do not always come in pristine condition, they do have a pretty good return policy if you are not satisfied. You can sort items by grade “A” and grade “B” while shopping. Worst case scenario you can return any product purchased from Dell Financial Services within 30 days of the invoice date. They will take a 15% restocking fee unless the product is defective.

You can view more DellRefurbished.ca coupon codes in the Bargainmoose forum.

Details my lovelies! This huge monitor features a 3840 x 2160 Ultra HD resolution for crystal clear images of incredible quality. It will look like those flowers on your wallpaper are actually growing. This is considered a 4K monitor as it has four-times the resolution of a regular full HD. The non-glare LED panel makes this a fantastic unit for watching movies.

The P2815Q Dell monitor has all the ports you need to connect external devices. Enjoy an ample four USB 3.0 ports, three DisplayPorts, and an HDMI port.

This will make a great work monitor, movie-watching monitor, or a great monitor for your business. However, the monitor has too low a refresh rate to be great for gamers. This monitor’s refresh rate is 30hz, whereas gamers will want a monitor with 60hz for long periods of gaming. Eyestrain can become a real problem with lower refresh rates.

This is the P2815Q model from Dell so I price compared it there and anywhere else I could find it. At Dell, they have the original price of this monitor $100 higher than the original listed price at the Microsoft Store. The monitor is listed at Dell to retail for $599.99 and is now on sale for $399.99. I find that Dell is guilty of this a lot, boosting the original retail value so it makes their sales look more impressive. Personally, I am not impressed.

While this monitor is not available on Amazon Canada anymore, I did find some very useful reviews like this one:

Pixels! Pixels! Pixels! This has much more real-estate than my U3014 (2560×1600) which was almost double the price. As a programmer and someone who works with large documents, this is a unique capability for a bargain price.Can be landscape or portrait. This monitor can display documents with 4K pixels top-to-bottom. Many of the large format monitors do not support this mode of operation.

I think it is cool that you can use the monitor in portrait position; I have never had a monitor that could do that. Hey Moosers, what would you use this monitor for?

The Dell Canada Boxing Day flyer is available for you to view now. Stay home this Boxing Day and enjoy big savings. There will be lots of limited quantity doorbusters available during this Dell.ca Boxing Day Sale. The sale will start as early as 6 a.m. EST on Friday the 26th of December. This Dell Boxing Day sale will end on the 29th of December.

I think most people relate Boxing Day to excellent offers on electronics, TVs and computers. It is the best time of the year to get discounts on any of these items you may need. During the Dell.ca Boxing Day sales you can save up to $200 off select computers and up to 50% off other electronics and accessories.

There seem to be quite a few decent offers in the Dell.ca Boxing Day flyer. If you are in need (or want) a tablet, the new Dell Venue 8 Pro 3000 Series Tabletwill allow fun and productivity to meet. This tablet was $219.99 but during the Boxing Day sales you will pay as low as $149.99. The Dell Venue 8 Pro 8″ 32GB Tablet is $299.95 @ BestBuy.ca.

The Dell 24 Monitor seems to be popular. You can purchase this particular Dell 24 Monitor E2414H for just $119.99 during the Dell.ca Boxing Day sale, which is 50% off the regular price. This monitor has full HD and a max of 60Hz which is basically 60 fps. If you are gaming, most games are set to suit 60Hz anyway. This Dell 24 Monitor is $199.98 @ BestBuy.ca.

If you get frustrated with the trackpad on your laptop like I do, then you would probably like to have a mouse instead. I have had a much more pleasant experience with my laptop since I acquired a mouse. The Dell Wireless Optical Mouse WM123 will be on sale during the Dell.ca Boxing Day Sale for just $9.99. That is a pretty drastic price drop from the regular price of $19.99. This mouse is known for excellent performance and battery life. No drivers are required, just plug in the USB anchor and go.

I’ve been saving my nickels and dimes all year to get a TV during these Boxing Day sales. Right now my TV takes up so much space in my living room, and I am pretty sure that one of the speakers has blown, but I will be strong until Boxing Day! Dell.ca has this Haier LLC 50 Inch Full HD LED Backlight TV on sale for $499.99 during their Boxing Day Sale, which is much better than the previous price of $599. If you want to spend $100 more, you can get the Haier 55″ Full HD LED Backlight TVon sale for $599. The Haier 50 Inch Full HD LED TV is $600 @ Amazon.ca.

Dell.ca also offers financial assistance on items that exceed $249. If you pay the item off in full within 6 months of the purchase, you will also benefit from no interest. Join Dell Advantage (free) and you will get 5% back in Dell rewards.

Shipping will be included with any purchase you make from Dell.ca. I even like that they have multiple payment methods. I don’t personally like to use my VISA when making online purchases, so it is great that they accept payment via PayPal as well.

The Source is currently having a really great sale on their Acer 18.5″ LED Computer Monitor today – you can now pick up this monitor for only $49.96! It normally sells for $99.99, so you’re saving $50.03 in total! Similar Acer 18.5″ LED Computer Monitors sell for $99.99 at Best Buy, Tiger Direct, and Newegg. Now that’s a spicy deal! It also qualifies for free shipping – whooo!

If you’ve been waiting for the right opportunity to buy a new monitor for your computer, this is it. You’re getting an 18.5″ LED monitor from a reputable and reliable brand (Acer) for only $49.96! You can learn more about the details of this monitor by clicking on the link above.

I still remember the day that I finally got my first LCD monitor – it replaced my extremely bulky 20-inch CRT monitor (it also weighed roughly 50 pounds), and it provided me with so much more room! I was finally able to add more stuff to my computer desk, and that made me one happy camper. If you know anyone that still has a “classic” CRT computer monitor, help them out and get them this Acer 18.5″ LED Computer Monitor!

Listed below is a brief review of this Acer 18.5″ LED Computer Monitor from a satisfied The Source customer:

The monitor is good, and the online ordering and shipping process went very smoothly.

This won’t be in stock for very long. It’s a great price for an LED monitor, so if you need a new display for your computer, or if you have a friend or family member that needs an upgrade, then you should definitely snag this monitor – it would be a great gift for the holidays, people! Happy hunting, my fellow deal hunters! I hope you all have a great day!

With up to 60% off in discounts to be had, The Source has just launched their Computer Clear-Out sale and among these, I found a great deal on the Acer V225WL 22″ LED monitor (open box). It’s now on sale for just $59.99 and once the sale is over, will be going back to its original price of $144.96 — that’s a 60% discount ($85 off)!

With a 22″ screen, the Acer V225WL LED monitor features a 1680 x 1050 resolution, a 5ms response time and is Energy Star qualified. It also has VGA and DVI ports. Looking around other stores, I found this same monitor for much more expensive everywhere else:

Out of all of these, I only found 2 reviews. The first was posted on Best Buy’s site and features 5/5 stars:

This is my first widescreen monitor. Don’t know why I didn’t get one sooner. Opens up a whole new world!! The picture looks fantastic! Comes with both VGA a.nd DVI cables. The one feature I wish it had would be the ability to turn the power light off while you’re using it. Other than that, it gets a 5 from me!

And the other was posted on Future Shop’s site and is a 2/5 star review but that’s only because the customer didn’t realize that this computer monitor doesn’t include built-in speakers. No other mention was made as to the performance of the monitor, which leads me to assume that it worked just fine. Personally, I don’t have speakers on my own monitor and it’s not a feature that I have particularly ever cared for because I much prefer having the speakers apart as these are typically better and are easily replaceable.

The best part about The Source’s deal is that you could get 2-3 of these monitors for dual or triple viewing like on the picture above. I, myself, use two screens and although it takes some getting used to at first, it makes working on the computer much easier!

Granted, it’s an open box but that’s really nothing to be afraid of, especially at that price. Open box items are tested to make sure that they are fully operational, which means that in most cases, you’re more than likely getting a perfect product for a fraction of the cost just because of the box. And even if you are to encounter problems, then the products, or in this case, the computer monitor, can be returned to The Source within 30 days.

As usual, there is a $4.99 flat shipping rate but you can choose to have it shipped to your local The Source store for free instead as well.

There’s a fantastic price on this Samsung S27D390HS 27in Widescreen PLS LED Monitor over on NCIX Canada right now! It was originally priced at $329.99, it’s down by $130 to only $199.99 and that comes with free ground shipping too!

I’ve never actually experienced Samsung electronics in terms of monitors. Since I bought my first PC when I was about 19, I’ve only ever had Viewsonic and Dell monitors, so I don’t have any personal experience of the Samsung brand. Have you? Please comment below if so!

I googled for reviews of the S27D390HS monitor and there are a few sites which can tell you a lot more about this item. One here on Digitaltrends scores the monitor with a 4 out of 5. There are many more customer reviews here on Amazon.com and you can read some personal comments too, such as:

I’m giving this 5 stars, because it’s awesome.

There are a few concerns about the stability of the base, with people saying it’s a bit flimsy for a 27” monitor. Keep that in mind… my partner has his monitors mounted on his desk on extendable arms, so if you plan on doing that, then the stability of the base wouldn’t be an issue at all.

The biggest factors that influence my decision when picking any kind of electronic item are the number of reviews and overall rating because very often it may look good on paper but then severely lack in the performance department. Out of 80 reviews, this monitor actually has 4.8 stars out of 5 with happy customers having written comments like this one:

Delivery was fast, and installation was a breeze. Really like the fact that there are (3) connection points for future upgrades. The only downside is that it is not wall mountable, but with a clear picture and sharp images would highly recommend especially for this price.

Plus, out of all those reviews, only two rated this monitor with less than 4 stars!

With a 24″ screen, this monitor features an LED widescreen with an HD display and full 1080p, along with 60Hz and an 16:9 aspect ratio. The HD display is particularly useful for multi-tasking and watching movies but what I like about it the most is that it has an anti-glare display, which means that light or sunshine won’t get in the way of you seeing the image on the screen.

As for a price comparison, Amazonactually has this incredible monitor for as high as $312.96.

Shipping is around $15 but the fee will depend on your location and shipping method (i.e., express is more expensive). Once you reach the checkout, it might be tempting to get one of the extended protection plans but neither one of these are obligatory. To skip, simply hit the green “proceed to checkout” button located at the top right-handed corner of the page. Personally, I wouldn’t pay more for a protection plan on a monitor, but to each their own! What about you Moosers? Do you always get the protection plans?

Starting March 25th 2014, you can present a different Staples printable coupon in-stores to save up to $75 on items like camcorders, cameras, hard drives, monitors, tablets, laptops and desktop computers.

Valid for only one day each, here are the different deals you can take advantage of with the Staples coupon:

Tuesday, March 25th 2014: $25 off any camera or camcorder $99+

Wednesday, March 26th 2014: $30 off any hard drive $100+

Thursday, March 27th 2014: $50 off any computer monitor $149+

Friday, March 28th 2014: $50 off any tablet $299+

Saturday, March 29th 2014: $75 off any laptop or desktop computer $599+

As I’m due to give birth soon, I have been planning to add a whole bunch of feel-good movies onto a hard drive to potentially distract myself and hubby with at the hospital. Whether we’ll actually get to watch them is something I’ll have to update you moosers on later, but in the meantime that’s the plan, with the only problem being that I’m in need of a new external hard drive. So I’ll probably be using the Wednesday coupon to save $30 on the Western Digital 4TB USB 3.0 My Book external hard drive priced at $189.99. Although it’s $171.24 at both Best Buy and Future Shop, with the coupon, it comes down to just $159.99 at Staples.

In any case, there is definitely no shortage of stock to choose from; just make sure to carefully price compare with all of the other major stores first!

I have seriously dreamed of a touch desktop monitor! After I am done school I plan to migrate from a laptop over to a desktop (I have this Alienware one picked out right here) and I am going to pair it with a touch screen desktop monitor. Dell makes really good monitors and this one should be no exception. It is a full HD display with 1920 x 1080 (max) resolution.

The stand is what makes this monitor truly awesome. You can slide the display toward you and it tilts as much as 60° for comfortable touching and typing. It recognizes up to ten touch points at the same time so you can get busy with all those fingers of yours. No more peck typing! Totally a must have if you have a PC desktop these days.

DisplayFusion starts at $25 for a lifetime license for one computer. You get it for only $18.75. The 25% discount saves you $6.25. That’s for the Standard licence. The Personal Home (more than one computer at your home), Site (for an office) and Enterprise (for a company) licences are $26.25, $524.25 and $1949.25, respectively, after the 25% discount.

The busiest lady I know is BargainMoose’s dear dictator for live, Anna Waters. She uses this and loves it. You can see how much she likes it by reading her comments about it in a previous DisplayFusion post. Now that you’ve read that, you know everything there is to know about DisplayFusion so go buy it. Good night!

No, that’s not right! Besides all the awesome features they had in the last version, they’ve added more. Of course there were minor updates and bug fixes, but the real big new feature is the screen splitting feature. I’d explain it but the people who make it can do a better job.

The biggest new feature is the addition of Monitor Splitting. This is an incredible new feature that allows people using nVidia Surround or AMD EyeFinity to virtually split their spanned desktop into virtual monitors. Separate taskbars, wallpaper, window maximizing and more. No need to disable EyeFinity or Surround when you’re done gaming.

This is especially helpful if you’re a creative type or very busy with a lot of stuff happening on your computer all the time. You can maximize email in one part of your screen, Twitter on another and browse on another. This would actually turn a small TV into a suitable monitor.

Also, you can save money on this if you already have another program by Binary Fortress, the creators of Display Fusion. I’d suggest checking out ClipBoard Fusion. It’s especially helpful if you use, as most of us do, multiple devices/computers.

I feel like writing about monitors is a weird thing. I think it’s just because since the year before I went to college (in… 2003? I’m old.), for the past decade or so, I’ve had a laptop. I have a server in my basement and that’s about it for desktop computers. I’ve just ordered my seventh laptop, so I’m pretty much beyond the need for a monitor.

That being said, if I was in the market, HP would not be a bad choice. The monitor on my server is a Compaq (yeah, it’s that old) branded HP monitor and it’s held up. And I don’t mean that it’s sat on a desk for a decade and still works. This thing is sitting in my unfinished basement, on the floor, surrounded by piles of stuff. I have had a plumber haul equipment out past this monitor, I had a contractor cutting tile near this monitor, I’ve kept this monitor down there in freezing cold temperatures. I can’t imagine that being smacked by plumbing equipment, layered in about an inch of ceramic dust and being frozen can be good for it. This little guy has been through the ringer and it’s still running like a champ.

This particular sale has a great range, which I always want to see in a good sale. You can go from the $99.99 entry level 20″ monitor to the $499.99 27″ why-don’t-I-just-buy-a-TV monsters. And of course, there is a monitor at all points in between to suit whatever your needs and budget are. Best part about it? You get 25% off the monitor when you purchase an HP PC with our magic coupon!

So the price is kind of hard to figure out here since some of them are applied after taxes but it’s more or less $209.99 – $30 instant discount – $20 coupon code – $20 mail-in rebate. That ends up being $140! This really is a good deal for a monitor like this. I took a look around at other retailers and I found that amazon.com (who is usually cheaper than Canadian retailers) is selling it for $170. So this is $30 cheaper than the place that usually sells stuff for cheaper than we can get in Canada. Not too shabby, eh?

I haven’t had an Asus monitor but I’ve used them fairly extensively and I like them quite a bit. My tablet was an Asus and the screen in that was good too. On top of that, the rating on NewEgg Canada is 4/5 eggs, which is great when you realize that people tend to review items they dislike more than items they like.

Like I said in my little intro, this is one of the highest rated items on NewEgg Canada. About 02% of it’s ratings are 4/5 or above. Overall it has over a 4.5/5. The only real complaint I read was that it is a bit wobbly on the base but a reviewer said he got a note from Asus who advised him to tighten the screw on the bottom of the base in order to stop the wobble. Problem solved!

I thought this was a great review, especially for a Apple-hating curmudgeon like me!

This monitor has a seriously good image, going from my previous iMac to this is like going from being blind to 20/20 vision.

But wait, there’s more!

NewEgg is having a great Christmas sale so even if you aren’t up for a new monitor, there are tons of other great deals!

Fall is here. The leaves are turning to pretty colors and the air feels fresh and crisp. It’s also the HARBINGER OF DOOM TO ALL THOSE WHO HATE WINTER!! Canada is tough in winter, how about you warm up by a new TV? While you’re at it, you can light a small fire with the money you save off of these deals. (Please don’t burn money. It’s illegal and dangerous.)

I like that Dell diversifies its sales. A lot of places have a “laptop sale” or “CPU” sale, which is fine you happen to want a new laptop but sometimes you aren’t looking for that specific. item. Oftentimes they even have parallel sales across wide portions of the site. So for example three sales in one, each on high end PCs, normal PCs and TVs.

I didn’t include them in my list up there but Dell is also taking pre-orders for Medal of Honor: Warfighter. The game is normally $59.99 but you save $7 with Dell. You only pay $52.99 and you can get the PS3, xBox 360 or PC version. The game looks like it’s going to be fun and it give you the option to play as Canada’s own JTF2. Bonus!